The city of Orange ought to be ashamed of itself for requiring a Quaker religious organization to file a lawsuit to obtain a trove of records that the city clearly is required to disclose. It’s ironic that the Orange Police Department, which is responsible for enforcing local and state statutes, apparently saw itself as above…
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Dining is back with a vengeance, and so is this annual guide. While the last two years of this project looked noticeably different (2020’s pandemic edition, 2021’s all-taco list), this year’s guide (the eighth in this series) returns to its original numerical ranking. And now for the first time it also includes star ratings. After…
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Author Nina LaCour began work on her first novel when she was still in college. In a flash of inspiration, she envisioned Sara, a character whose tragic past would only slowly reveal itself to the writer. “I knew that she had a brother that she had abandoned, but I didn’t know why yet,” says LaCour…
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Surfers will battle it out on the south side of the Huntington Beach Pier later this summer to earn a slot into the upcoming 2024 Paris Olympics, a “golden ticket’ to surf the world-famous Teahupoo in Tahiti for what will be the sport’s second Olympic appearance. The International Surfing Association announced this week Huntington Beach…
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Do you have an amazing shot of vibrant sea life along Laguna Beach’s beaches and coves? The Laguna Bluebelt Coalition is opening its annual photo contest to showcase why Laguna Beach’s oceanfront could be considered among the most spectacular in California. This year’s theme celebrates the ongoing recovery of ocean life and its kelp forests.…
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By Holden Lewis Mortgage rates might be volatile in June. A graph of them may resemble the cutting side of a handsaw, with sharp daily ups and downs. I predict that the average rate on a 30-year mortgage will be higher in the last week of June than in the last week of May. I’m…
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LOS ANGELES — A health alert issued by Los Angeles Unified School District is warning parents about fentanyl-laced drugs that can be purchased online and the dangers to those who take them. The health alert comes after three students in Santa Monica ingested fentanyl-laced drugs last week and overdosed. Officials said the students thought they…
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Mortgage rates dipped slightly for the third straight week of declines. The average for a 30-year loan was 5.09%, down slightly from 5.1% last week, Freddie Mac said in a statement Thursday. Buyers have gotten a slight reprieve in recent weeks from the massive run-up in mortgage rates that’s dominated this year. Borrowing costs are…
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By SEAN MURPHY and TERRY WALLACE | Associated Press A gunman carrying a rifle and a handgun killed four people Wednesday at a Tulsa medical building on a hospital campus, police said, the latest in a series of deadly mass shootings across the country in recent weeks. Tulsa Police Department Deputy Chief Eric Dalgleish confirmed…
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There are still some things to work out in the aftermath of Josh Donaldson’s incident with Tim Anderson. The third baseman still does not know when his appeal of the one-game suspension will be and there are some conversations between him and some teammates, like Aaron Judge, that need to happen. But Donaldson will be…
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